/**
 * Anderground project - Subway maps processor application.
 * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Eldar Abusalimov, Ilya Shurigyn
 * 
 * This file is part of Anderground.
 * 
 * Anderground is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * Anderground is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with Anderground.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package org.anderground.core.storage;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Common interface for data writing.
 * 
 * @author Eldar Abusalimov (eldar.abusalimov@gmail.com)
 * @param <T>
 *            data type
 */
public interface DataWriter<T> {

	/**
	 * Writes the data.
	 * 
	 * @param data
	 *            the data to write (if anything goes wrong a
	 *            {@link IOException} will be thrown instead of silently
	 *            ignoring writing failure)
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if any errors have occurred and the data cannot be written
	 */
	public abstract void write(T data) throws IOException;

}
